Lily draws me

I can't get this picture to rotate clockwise but its what Lily drew this morning.  No guidance from me, she just drew it then showed me.  I have no idea where this came from, I can't remember ever drawing "people" with her.  Note the 2 legs on the right side of the picture and the arms on each side of the face.   She also drew a "headband".  :)

the prettiest time of the day

This one is for you, Glenda!  :) 

Its gonna be long, but how do you decide b/t all these pretty pics taken during the prettiest time of the day. 

Oh, I've loved breaking out the side walk chalk this week.  There is something so wonderful about it!

 This is Lily's happy face when she sees her dog who she left outside the afternoon before...

 Lily checks out brown dog...

 But then she realized there is a "bug" on her dog... OH NO!  At closer look, it was a baby slug... gross!  

 But she recovers and watches Pete swing.

Going really high... do you see him?!  I've heard swinging is good for muscle tone, it sounds a little like a stretch but I can hope!!  We are also gonna try working on swinging sideways or straddling the swing to work on obliques.

 This is a picture of happiness for this boy's LIFE!  Bright sun on my face and a tight hug from my boy whose life has not been easy but IS a gift!  

(and sorta interesting/appropriate that the shadow is a thumbs up.)

 

 

 

 

And we've been working on "apart-togethers"... required in between your turns on the swing.

 We listened to "If our God is for us" by Chris Tomlin over and over in the van yesterday on our trip to Target (praying it, claiming it, singing it for us and those we love!)... I'm always trying to get them to "raise it up!"... here is Peter doing that at my request.  ;)

 And another side note... our girl is a monkey!  :)  This is one of her favorite things to do!

before work

Lily to Mike:  "Don't get-for hug!!"

Daddy, Mommy, & Baby

Will this be one we show at their weddings?!
Oh, how I love them!

Lent

As with Advent, Lent is a season that is somewhat new to my radar.  Our church is doing daily devotions again for Lent, like they did for Advent.  Here's the link.


The service last night was so good, like water to my soul, as we hear the Truth about our sin and God's mercy and grace in Jesus.  Here are some verses that I need to consider more:


Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.  Genesis 3:19


Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ.  Romans 6:11


Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.  Romans 2:4

a conversation

This morning Lily and I were at the Clothes Closet (which I am loving!).  She was standing next to me, with her hands up...

Lily:  "Hold me, Mommy.  I want you to hold me."

me:  "I can't hold you right now, love."

Lily:  "Whhhhyyyy?"

me: "Because I have some work to do."

Lily:  "But Mommy... you're not a Daddy!"

OH, I love it!  :)   So I held her!  :)

A Helicopter

Hopefully, the video is working now... Turn your head to the side ;)

(probably not the best idea for a child with his history... but he is clueless of that... he only knows that he is passionate about vehicles and his imagination is wild.)

I felt certain that it wasn't "real", that he was being silly.  The silliness felt a little more justified when he explained  that he was being a helicopter.  I think it freaked out the coach a little, for good reason.
(Men or boy mamas, please tell me this is somewhat normal...)